The former Managing Director of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), David Chandi Jamwa, has applauded President Yoweri Museveni for his benevolence, kindness, and sympathy.
Jamwa said this a few hours after President Museveni pardoned him.
At his release, Jamwa had spent four years in jail. He was released alongside Ntale Vincent, Drabo Nelson, Omirambe James, Aliama Samuel, Leku Francis, Kabila Joseph, Yoha Ayitia, alias Samu, Kato Fred, and Owino Jackson.
“I am so grateful to the president, Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, for his magnanimity, benevolence, kindness, sympathy, and mercy. We shall continue thanking him and his establishment,” Jamwa said.
He said, “My release came as a surprise. Once we found out that the prerogative of mercy had been exercised, we could only be grateful. The situation at Luzira is quite challenging. It is an experience that changes you for the better. I thank God for keeping me alive.
Jamwa was found guilty of causing financial loss to NSSF in February 2011 and subsequently sentenced to 12 years by the Anti-Corruption Court.
Through his lawyers, Jamwa applied for bail and was later released pending the hearing of his petition in the Supreme Court over the lower court’s decision that convicted him and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.
His bail was, however, cancelled in January 2018 after appellate court judges Kenneth Kakuru and Opiyo Aweri upheld the anti-corruption court’s decision. Subsequently, Jamwa, who had been on bail for seven years, was sent back to Luzira prison.
Jamwa was convicted of corruption and sentenced to 12 years in prison after anti-corruption Judge John Bosco Katutsi found him guilty of selling National Social Security Fund (NSSF) bonds to the now-defunct Crane Bank before their maturity date, resulting in a financial loss of Shs3.1 billion. He also banned him for 10 years from holding any public office.
